Brave New Words

Brave New Words is a bookish podcast which features a small gang of words nerds getting very excited about science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Join Starburst Magazine's Literary Editor Ed Fortune and his gang of book worms for news, analysis and book reviews. The show frequently features author guests, including the likes of George RR Martin, Robin Hobb, Joe Hill and Sarah Pinborough.

Ed, Ross and Si Lloyd talk space opera books. Starting with Aaron Dembski-Bowden's First Heretic, we swiftly move on to Star Wars Bloodline by Claudia Gray, followed by the Doctor Who epic anthology, Seasons of War. Not to be left out, we also discuss the Complete Guardians of The Galaxy collection (volume one). Finally, we call Star Trek novelist Dayton Ward to round it all off.

Ed, Producer Al and Del take a look Gaie Sebold's Sparrow Falling and then end up talking about naughty schools of all different types.

We also interview Peter F Hamilton about his new book, A Night Without Stars.

The team opens the book box, and quickly discuss The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bown, The

Throne of Glass Colouring Book, Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora, Brandon Sanderson’s The Final Empire and Tom Lloyd’s The Stormcaller, and of course the Hayne's Manual for the Millennium Falcon.

Ed, Producer AL and Del dive into the world of book news, take a look at some new releases and discuss James Lovegrove's latest book, Age of Heroes. We then talk about urban fantasy, gods in the modern age and Neil Gaiman.

We also talk to artist Jock about his new art book, The Art of Jock, available on Titan books.